Comments on: Brief and Random Thoughts on Presents http://www.lippsisters.com/2008/12/31/brief-and-random-thoughts-on-presents/ Intelligent media, including Mad Men, Downton Abbey, The Walking Dead, Hell on Wheels & more. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:17:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Edith http://www.lippsisters.com/2008/12/31/brief-and-random-thoughts-on-presents/comment-page-1/#comment-19972 Edith Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:36:51 +0000 http://www.lippsisters.com/?p=3331#comment-19972 I just watched this episode and I was struck by the juxtaposition of Betty's gift to Sally next to her "gift from Aunt Flo." This gift is so profoundly symbolic of her daughter being invited to enter into the woman's world that Betty is supposed to inhabit. However it struck me that it never occurred to her to share the real stuff about what that means. What a mixed blessing that gift is. It also reminded me of two things: 1. how Betty's therapist reported to Don that she was like a little girl, with all the same petty jealousies and behaviors...and 2. when Betty explains to Arthur while riding horses that he has to "tell the horse (she) what to do, or he'll ruin her for the next person." Very interesting to look at this era from a post-feminist perspective. Well that's what I'd like to think anyway! I just watched this episode and I was struck by the juxtaposition of Betty's gift to Sally next to her "gift from Aunt Flo." This gift is so profoundly symbolic of her daughter being invited to enter into the woman's world that Betty is supposed to inhabit. However it struck me that it never occurred to her to share the real stuff about what that means. What a mixed blessing that gift is.

It also reminded me of two things: 1. how Betty's therapist reported to Don that she was like a little girl, with all the same petty jealousies and behaviors…and 2. when Betty explains to Arthur while riding horses that he has to "tell the horse (she) what to do, or he'll ruin her for the next person." Very interesting to look at this era from a post-feminist perspective. Well that's what I'd like to think anyway!

]]> By: Karl http://www.lippsisters.com/2008/12/31/brief-and-random-thoughts-on-presents/comment-page-1/#comment-19971 Karl Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:20:38 +0000 http://www.lippsisters.com/?p=3331#comment-19971 Adam gifts Dick/Don photos, upon re-entering and re-departing. Adam gifts Dick/Don photos, upon re-entering and re-departing.

]]> By: Deborah Lipp http://www.lippsisters.com/2008/12/31/brief-and-random-thoughts-on-presents/comment-page-1/#comment-19970 Deborah Lipp Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:42:14 +0000 http://www.lippsisters.com/?p=3331#comment-19970 Jill! Good one! Jill! Good one!

]]> By: Roberta Lipp http://www.lippsisters.com/2008/12/31/brief-and-random-thoughts-on-presents/comment-page-1/#comment-19969 Roberta Lipp Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:09:57 +0000 http://www.lippsisters.com/?p=3331#comment-19969 Rosie, I think it was the locking Sally in the closet that elicited the comparison. But also absenting herself from their lives (the children's), to a subtler degree. Grant you it was due to her depression, but by Marly referring to her as 'Sally's mother' we understand that the notion of wicked witch is A) in the very classic, fairy tale literature sense and also B) specifically from Sally's perspective. So the cause is irrelevant. Rosie, I think it was the locking Sally in the closet that elicited the comparison. But also absenting herself from their lives (the children's), to a subtler degree. Grant you it was due to her depression, but by Marly referring to her as 'Sally's mother' we understand that the notion of wicked witch is A) in the very classic, fairy tale literature sense and also B) specifically from Sally's perspective. So the cause is irrelevant.

]]> By: Jill http://www.lippsisters.com/2008/12/31/brief-and-random-thoughts-on-presents/comment-page-1/#comment-19968 Jill Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:57:59 +0000 http://www.lippsisters.com/?p=3331#comment-19968 How about the egg that Father Gil with that all-knowing look gave to Peggy "for the little one" in Three Sundays?, so tied in with the Easter theme of new life and rebirth--Peggy's reluctant acceptance of same--a reminder she could definitely do without. How about the egg that Father Gil with that all-knowing look gave to Peggy "for the little one" in Three Sundays?, so tied in with the Easter theme of new life and rebirth–Peggy's reluctant acceptance of same–a reminder she could definitely do without.

]]> By: Rosie http://www.lippsisters.com/2008/12/31/brief-and-random-thoughts-on-presents/comment-page-1/#comment-19967 Rosie Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:34:12 +0000 http://www.lippsisters.com/?p=3331#comment-19967 <i>" In her father’s absence, Sally’s mother has turned into a wicked witch of a sort, one who locks her in the closet and in turn Sally must learn self-reliance."</i> I'm a little confused by the above statement. Why did you compare Betty to being a wicked witch? " In her father’s absence, Sally’s mother has turned into a wicked witch of a sort, one who locks her in the closet and in turn Sally must learn self-reliance."

I'm a little confused by the above statement. Why did you compare Betty to being a wicked witch?

]]> By: Karl http://www.lippsisters.com/2008/12/31/brief-and-random-thoughts-on-presents/comment-page-1/#comment-19966 Karl Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:38:23 +0000 http://www.lippsisters.com/?p=3331#comment-19966 <b>It's a chip-and-dip.</b> Exchanged for a rifle. Trudy was not amused. It's a chip-and-dip.

Exchanged for a rifle.

Trudy was not amused.

]]> By: MarlyK http://www.lippsisters.com/2008/12/31/brief-and-random-thoughts-on-presents/comment-page-1/#comment-19965 MarlyK Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:13:45 +0000 http://www.lippsisters.com/?p=3331#comment-19965 Thank you, Anne. I'm glad you liked it. Thank you, Anne. I’m glad you liked it.

]]> By: simone http://www.lippsisters.com/2008/12/31/brief-and-random-thoughts-on-presents/comment-page-1/#comment-19961 simone Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:04:57 +0000 http://www.lippsisters.com/?p=3331#comment-19961 The Onion wrote about the best television episodes of 2008, and Maidenform made the cut: http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/the_best_television_episodes_of The Onion wrote about the best television episodes of 2008, and Maidenform made the cut:

http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/the_best_television_episodes_of

]]> By: Karl http://www.lippsisters.com/2008/12/31/brief-and-random-thoughts-on-presents/comment-page-1/#comment-19957 Karl Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:24:04 +0000 http://www.lippsisters.com/?p=3331#comment-19957 Midge got a TV set. Don asks whether it's from the same place she got that wig. Yet he later endorses his bonus check to her as a farewell gift. --- Don bought betty the white gold watch, hoping it would be a substiute for psychotherapy. Midge got a TV set. Don asks whether it’s from the same place she got that wig. Yet he later endorses his bonus check to her as a farewell gift.
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Don bought betty the white gold watch, hoping it would be a substiute for psychotherapy.

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